@article{1478328,
      recid = {1478328},
      author = {Kelsay, John, },
      title = {Arguing the Just War in Islam /},
      pages = {1 online resource (271 p.)},
      abstract = {Jihad, with its many terrifying associations, is a term  widely used today, though its meaning is poorly grasped.  Few people understand the circumstances requiring a jihad,  or "holy" war, or how Islamic militants justify their  violent actions within the framework of the religious  tradition of Islam. How Islam, with more than one billion  followers, interprets jihad and establishes its precepts  has become a critical issue for both the Muslim and the  non-Muslim world. John Kelsay's timely and important work  focuses on jihad of the sword in Islamic thought, history,  and culture. Making use of original sources, Kelsay delves  into the tradition of shari'a--Islamic jurisprudence and  reasoning--and shows how it defines jihad as the Islamic  analogue of the Western "just" war. He traces the arguments  of thinkers over the centuries who have debated the  legitimacy of war through appeals to shari'a reasoning. He  brings us up to the present and demonstrates how  contemporary Muslims across the political spectrum continue  this quest for a realistic ethics of war within the Islamic  tradition.Arguing the Just War in Islam provides a  systematic account of how Islam's central texts interpret  jihad, guiding us through the historical precedents and  Qur'anic sources upon which today's claims to doctrinal  truth and legitimate authority are made. In illuminating  the broad spectrum of Islam's moral considerations of the  just war, Kelsay helps Muslims and non-Muslims alike make  sense of the possibilities for future war and peace.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478328},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674033542},
}